Detail

Area

Iran

Commodity Group

Rice

Commodity

All

Date

03/11/2015

Policy Category

Trade

Policy Instrument

Import restrictions

Description

According to official statements to the press, following the completion of harvesting activities, restrictions on rice imports had been lifted, with the state agency having already launched a tender to purchase rice from abroad. Subsequent statements by authorities, however, asserted that no import authorisation had yet been issued.